News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer.
By DOE Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone released the following statement on the introduction of bipartisan legislation and a bipartisan manager’s amendment to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act...
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after the House of Representatives failed to pass H.R. 4889, the Kelsey Smith Act...
By DOE Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tonight, the House overwhelmingly approved the Securing Access to Networks in Disasters Act - or the SANDy Act, which was introduced last year by Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ). Pallone gave the following statement on the House floor during debate on the bill...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: Cape Girardeau, MO - The United States Attorney's Office announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging James Clay Waller II with Interstate Domestic Violence in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2261(a)(1). The offense of Interstate Domestic Violence was enacted by Congress in 1994 as part of the Violence Against Women Act. A violation of the Act includes a possible prison sentence up to life imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: Criminal charges were filed today against Carolyn StarkeyDarden, a former Detroit Public Schools Director of Grant Development, alleging federal program fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.
By DOE Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building upon the Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess, the House of Representatives today passed three bills to boost public safety and increase transparency at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today issued the following statement after language was finalized on a bicameral, bipartisan agreement on reforming the Toxic Substances Control Act...
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tonight, the House overwhelmingly approved the Securing Access to Networks in Disasters Act - or the SANDy Act, which was introduced last year by Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ). Pallone gave the following statement on the House floor during debate on the bill...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: A criminal information was filed charging John E. Moon, 69, of Bowling Green, with conspiracy and wire fraud, said Carole S. Rendon, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Cleveland Office.
By DOE Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) called on the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Office of Management and Budget to immediately produce all subpoenaed...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Three guardsmen from the District of Columbia Army National Guard were indicted on charges arising from a scheme to use Bitcoin to buy stolen credit and debit card numbers from foreign websites, re-encode cards issued in their names with those stolen numbers, and then fraudulently purchase items at Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) stores on military bases and elsewhere for use and resale (Shelton Stewart Indictment).
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Joel P. Garland, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, today announced that on May 20, 2016, PAUL CARPENTER, 64, of Easton, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty to one count of filing a false tax return.
By EPA Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after the House of Representatives failed to pass H.R. 4889, the Kelsey Smith Act...
By EPA Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released a report today concluding that the National Football League (NFL) improperly attempted to influence the grant review process for a National Institutes of Health (NIH) brain injury study that the NFL had agreed to fund as part of a $30 million donation.
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building upon the Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess, the House of Representatives today passed three bills to boost public safety and increase transparency at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released a report today concluding that the National Football League (NFL) improperly attempted to influence the grant review process for a National Institutes of Health (NIH) brain injury study that the NFL had agreed to fund as part of a $30 million donation.
By EPA Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) called on the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Office of Management and Budget to immediately produce all subpoenaed...
By DOE Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after the House of Representatives failed to pass H.R. 4889, the Kelsey Smith Act...
By DOE Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee members Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) and Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) on Tuesday will officially launch the Pediatric Trauma Caucus with a briefing featuring an all-star panel of experts. NASCAR Team Owner, Motorsports Hall of Fame Inductee, and Co-Founder of the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma, Richard Childress will headline the briefing discussion.
